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REMINDER: Speaker Series: Doug Mattice
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Scott Kelby’s Annual Worldwide Photo Walk
Note: This is an informational post. It is not club-sponsored nor a club meetup. You choose which walk you want to attend.
“Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 7, 2023, as we gear up for this year’s event! Anticipation is building for another fantastic fall gathering, and we’re eagerly awaiting the stunning snapshots you’ll capture from your corner of the globe. Do remember that the exact timing of each city walk will be determined by the walk leader, who will consider factors such as local venue opening hours and the nature of the walk they aim to create.”
“The Worldwide Photo Walk® proudly supports The Springs Of Hope Kenya Orphanage, an organization that feeds, houses, educates, and empowers young orphans so that they can grow up to not just survive but succeed. We’re asking each person who participates to donate to help make a difference in these children’s lives. Every dollar counts.”
After the walk, enter your best photo in the photo contest! Everyone that registers and participates in a walk is eligible to enter to win some amazing prizes. Photo contest rules are listed on Scott Kelby’s Photo Walk website.
Find a walk near you: https://worldwidephotowalk.com
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Mid Atlantic Photo Visions Webinar
Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions features five great photography educators via webinar on Sunday, November 5, 2023 and recorded for later viewing. A $30 discount pass is available to our members at purchase by using the code on our club’s Facebook page.
PASSES ARE ON SALE NOW. For more information and to purchase a pass, go to https://www.MidAtlanticPhotoVisions.org. MAPV 2023 is the 21st annual photography expo organized by our club and seven other mid-Atlantic camera clubs. In 2024 we hope to once again have an in-person expo with speakers, workshops, photo exhibits and vendors, and an online component, too. We hope to see you in person or online then.
Rad Drew — How I Did It!™; The Magic, Power and Ease of iPhone Photography! Sunday, November 5, 2023, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. EST and recorded for later viewing
Join Rad as he shares the ways he uses iPhone cameras and apps to create beautiful landscapes, portraits, infrared photos, abstracts, and more! In this webinar Rad covers:
• Key native camera settings suggestions for HDR, Smart HDR, Macro Control, ProRAW, and more
• Basic Do’s and Don’t’s when using the Native Cameras
• How to use LIVE mode, Portrait Mode, Burst Mode, and Panorama in the iPhone Native Camera
• How to create “soft water” images of fountains, streams, and waterfalls without a tripod or neutral density filters
• A SnapSeed workflow for processing images on iPhone and Android
Tim Grey — Great Photos From Planning to Post-Processing — A Step-by-Step Approach
Sunday, November 5, 2023, 10:30 a.m. – Noon EST and recorded for later viewing
While luck can certainly play a role in photography, it can be especially rewarding to use a bit of planning and some careful adjustments to create a photo you can be proud of. In this presentation, Tim Grey will share some of his favorite stories, and demonstrate the planning that was involved in making the photograph happen. He’ll also provide insights into the adjustments that helped take each photo from a well-planned image to an optimized final result. Along the way, you’ll get tips on tools for planning various aspects of your photography, insights into photographic techniques, and tips on optimizing a photo based on the mood of the image and your own vision as a photographer.
Julieanne Kost — What’s New in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop
Sunday, November 5, 2023, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST and recorded for later viewing
Join Adobe’s Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost as she demonstrates the latest transformations and enhancements to Lightroom Classic and Photoshop including the new and improved healing, masking, and noise removal tools in Lightroom Classic and the redesigned gradient tool, enhanced object selections, and the new AI-powered Generative Fill in Photoshop. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the most compelling and useful new features, and how to make them work for you.
Simon d’Entremont — Sharpening Your Wildlife Photography Skills
Sunday November 5, 2023 – 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. EST and recorded for later viewing
Simon explains and demonstrates how to take your wildlife photography to the next level. What cameras and lenses are best for wildlife? What settings do you need to capture fast action, and how to nail that focus every time? He will also give you some hints on getting the right angle and the right backgrounds, as well as the importance of shooting at eye level. He will demonstrate the importance of light such as backlighting and how to make dramatic photos from it. Simon will share some field techniques, such as “did you know that large birds, like airplanes, need to take off and land into the wind?” Finally, he will provide post-processing tricks by using before and after examples to ensure that each image reaches its full potential.
Colleen Miniuk — Awards Ceremony & Keynote Presentation: Finding Your Creative Voice
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. EST and recorded for later viewing
Are you bored with your photography? Or maybe you feel like you’re not really a creative person? Join outdoor photographer/author Colleen Miniuk for this educational and inspirational presentation where she’ll share the story of how she transformed from a photographer who liked to take “pretty” pictures into a visual artist who now seeks to make personally meaningful visual expressions from her life experiences.
Using her insights from her three artist-in-residencies and over 450 days in Acadia National Park, she’ll share how you can feed the Wallas model of creativity, tap into conceptual blending, and “steal like an artist” to collect new ideas and connect with the landscape in fresh ways. Learn how rely less on your external surroundings to provide the creative juice and more on your own knowledge, skills, and resources to confidently bring your own voice to every subject and scene, no matter where your camera takes you.
For more information and to register, go to www.MidAtlanticPhotoVisions.org. MAPV 2023 is the 21st annual photography expo organized by eight mid-Atlantic camera clubs.
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Competition Night: 2023-09-28 – “What I Did This Summer” (cancelled)
When: Thursday, September 28, 2023, 7 PM – 9 PM
Where: Zoom meeting
Submission details shown below.
Theme: What I Did This Summer
Theme Description: Open theme. The photo must have been captured in June, July, or August 2023.
Judge: John Garofalo
Submission details:
- Entries due 11:59 PM ET, Monday, 25 September 2023
- This is a digital-only competition.
- Read the updated rules before submitting!
- You must be a paid member in order to submit images for competition. (Join here.)
- Click here for how to submit images.
- Click here for information on metadata.
Novice Level (Overall max: 4)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
Intermediate Level (Overall max: 3)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
Experienced Level (Overall max: 3)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
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Speaker Night Season Opener (postponed)
When: POSTPONED
Where: Zoom Meeting – link will be sent via email to members.
Topic: “Introduction to Night Sky Landscape Photography”
Speaker: Jason Nader
Description: Fall is coming and with it comes less available daylight. Get ready to capture the night light when Jason Nader speaks to us about the night sky to do landscape photography.
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15th Annual Claude Moore Park Photography Expo
Rules at a Glance: 15th Annual Claude Moore Park Photography Expo
September 16, 2023: Natural Places and Old Spaces
Sponsored by the Friends of Claude Moore Park
Categories for Adult Juried Competition:
1. Roots & Buds* – Native plant life in wild settings; NO cultivated plants are accepted
2. Wild Creatures* – Wild animals on land or in the water; NO domesticated animals or farm animals
3. Winged Wonders* – Creatures that fly (birds and bats—for insects, see #4).
4. A Bug’s Life* – Insects and bugs, butterflies, etc.
5. Natural Landscapes* – Scenic views of natural spaces; NO manicured or man-made habitats (lawns or backyards)
6. History and Heritage – Structures that capture U.S. history and culture, including buildings, statues, monuments,
farms, homes, autos, trains, etc.
7. Farm Life – Celebrating Agriculture in Loudoun and the world! May include domesticated working animals, people
and farm life (animals, barns, etc.)!
Location of Where Photos Can Be Taken:
There are no restrictions as to where the photographs are taken for the 5 nature categories. The History and Heritage
category is limited to the United States, and the Paul Glascock Memorial People’s Choice Award must be taken in a
public park located in Loudoun County.
Photographers’ Tea: All entrants and their guests are cordially invited to the Photograpphers’ Tea, hosted by the
FCMP in the historic Lanesville Ordinary on Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 7:00 PM. All awards (except the Paul
Glascock Memorial People’s Choice Award) will be announced during the Opening Tea at 7:30pm.
Standards (see Rules for more detail):
Quality: Please submit only your superior work, printed with extreme care, and matted according to the Expo rules.
Matting: All entries must be matted, no frames, no floating mats (extra white or paper visible around photo). See matting
rules for dimensions and other details. No titles, signatures or watermarks may be visible.
* Hand of Man: “Hand of Man” is a photographic term used to describe human elements. This is anything man-made or
used to contain nature. Feeding dishes, cages, fences, wires, docks, boats, buildings, human hands themselves (when
holding birds, etc.). For the five nature categories, “Hand of Man” is allowed if it is a minor and unobtrusive element.
“Hand of Man” is allowed within the History & Heritage and Farm Life categories.
Entry: Entries are due no later than 5:00 PM on Friday, September 8, 2023. An entry fee of $10.00 per photograph for
adult entrants, and $5.00 per photograph for youth.
Digital Version of Images: Submit a digital version of your entries along with your prints, either as email attachments sent
to claudemoore@loudoun.gov or upload at friendsofclaudemoorepark.org/expo-upload-files/ no later than September 8,
2023. This is a mandatory step in submitting your images.
Pick Up: All entries will be available for pick up at the Claude Moore Park Visitor Center on or after Monday, September
18, 2023.
Please bring or mail your photographs to:
Claude Moore Park Visitor Center
21544 Old Vestal’s Gap Road, Sterling, Virginia 20164
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Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions Annual Competition
Mid Atlantic Photo Visions Photo Contest Submissions open August 6, ’23.
Members in good standing with our club are eligible to submit photos to the MAPV photo competition and encouraged to volunteer to help with the event.
Nature and Photo Art Competitions Open August 6.
For more about the competition, click here: https://midatlanticphotovisions.org/expo-submissions/
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Photowalk to Steven Udvar-Hazy Center, Annex of the National Air & Space Museum
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center displays thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including the Space Shuttle Discovery, a Blackbird SR-71, the Enola Gay, and a Concorde, in two large hangars. This annex of the National Space and Air Museum opens at 10 am. Join us for a photowalk on September 9th to try your hand at indoor photography.
Free admission
No tickets required
Parking $15
Meet me (Audrey Gassman) outside the doors to the museum at 9:50 am and we’ll go in at 10 am. We have the option of having lunch afterwards at the on-site McDonald’s Restaurant.
Address: 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy, Chantilly, VA
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End of Season Party – 2023
LPC End-of-Year Pizza Party 2023
Date/time: Saturday, June 10th at 4:00 p.m.
Location: Moorefield Station Community Park
43240 Clarendon Square
Ashburn, VA 20148
Join us for our season wrap-up! We’ll have a selection of pizzas and a salad.
Logistics: We’ll be at Pavilion #3. It has picnic tables and benches with limited seating capacity. Feel free to bring a lawn chair if you want a guaranteed seat. The parking lot is close to the pavilion, so it’s not far to carry items.
Agenda:
4:00-4;45 = Arrive, mingle, consume dinner (in random order)
4:45-6:15 = Awards, announcements, speeches.
6:15-7:00 = Mingle, photo stories galore.
7:00-7:30 = Teardown, cleanup.
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Competition Night 2022-05-25: Theme – “Hand Tools”; Judge – John Garofalo
When: September 28, 2013
Where: Zoom meeting
Theme: TBA
Theme Description:
Judge:
Submission details:
- Entries due 11:59 PM ET, Monday, 25 th of September.
- This is a digital-only competition.
- Read the updated rules before submitting!
- You must be a paid member in order to submit images for competition. (Join here.)
- Click here for how to submit images.
- Click here for information on metadata.
Novice Level (Overall max: 4)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
Intermediate Level (Overall max: 3)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
Experienced Level (Overall max: 3)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
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LPC-Year End Pizza Party
Join us for our season wrap-up! We’ll have a selection of pizzas and a salad.
Please choose your meal preference when purchasing your ticket (through Meetup Events and Eventbrite)
Logistics:
43240 Clarendon Square
Ashburn, VA 20148
We will be at Pavilion #3. It has picnic tables and benches with limited seating capacity. Feel free to bring a lawn chair if you want a guaranteed seat. The parking lot is close to the pavilion, so it’s not far to carry items.
Agenda:
4:00-4:45 = Arrive, mingle, consume dinner (in random order)
4;45-6:15 =Awards, announcements, speeches
6:15-7:00 =Mingle, photo stories galore.
7:00 -7:30 = Teardown/Cleanup
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Speaker Night 2022-05-11: “Birds of Bosque” – Stan Bysshe
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting
Stan will discuss “Birds of Bosque”.
Stan’s first love has always been the study of coral reef ecology and this has led to over three decades of diving and underwater photography. The digital age has relinquished boxes of slides to storage closets as scanned images just don’t seem to compare to newer techniques.
He and his wife spent over three years on the island of Curacao – and he may have been under water more than on dry land. Now back in the States, his photography is a work in progress with each new destination.
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Competition Night 2022-04-27: Theme – “View From Below”; Judge – Sandi Croan
When: Thursday, 27 April 2023, 7 PM – 9 PM
Where: Zoom meeting
Submission details shown below.
Theme: View From Below
Theme Description: Image of a subject as seen from below.
Judge: Sandi Croan
Submission details:
- Entries due 11:59 PM ET, Monday, 24 April 2023
- This is a digital-only competition.
- Read the updated rules before submitting!
- You must be a paid member in order to submit images for competition. (Join here.)
- Click here for how to submit images.
- Click here for information on metadata.
Novice Level (Overall max: 4)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
Intermediate Level (Overall max: 3)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
Experienced Level (Overall max: 3)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
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Speaker Night 2022-04-13: “Bucket List – Travels to Memorable Places” – Jack Brennan
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting
Jack will discuss “Bucket List – Travels to Memorable Places”
Jack has been a member of LPC for several years and will share his experiences and observations from his “travels to memorable places.”
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Field Trip: Bluebells at Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park
It’s that time again: Virginia bluebells!
Join me, John Tabor, for a walk to photograph the bluebells at Ball’s Bluff. The cover photo above was taken there on Sat, 25 Mar and I think they’ll be looking really good next weekend.
Date/Time: Sat, 1 April 2023, 9a – 11:30a (no joke!)
I plan to go rain or shine. Wet bluebells are awesome! 🙂
Rally point: The far east end of the parking lot. There’s a mulch pile by our trailhead.
Trail difficulty: Moderate. There are a couple of fairly steep hills and there is one section about 35 yards long with rather obvious exposed tree roots. The last obstacle before reaching the bluebells is a large tree fallen across the trail. It’s an old treefall and I estimate the highest part we climb over is maybe 2.5 feet in diameter. We either scramble over the tree parts or take the rather steep trail around it.
Click here for a map of the path we’ll take.
Elevation gain: ~75 feet (-ish).
Equipment needed: A camera with a lens.
Recommended:
- Comfortable hiking boots
- Tripod. Keep in mind that Virginia bluebells typically grow to ~18in high
- Macro lens
Optional:
- Spray mister with water
- Scrim
- Flash (off-camera is best)
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Competition Night 2022-03-23: Theme – “Industry”; Judge – David L. Crooks
When: Thursday, March 23, 2023, 7 PM – 9 PM
Where: Zoom meeting
Submission details shown below.
Theme: Industry
Theme Description: Image of or about “industry”.
Judge: David L. Crooks
Submission details:
- Entries due 11:59 PM ET, Monday, 20 March 2023
- This is a digital-only competition.
- Read the updated rules before submitting!
- You must be a paid member in order to submit images for competition. (Join here.)
- Click here for how to submit images.
- Click here for information on metadata.
Novice Level (Overall max: 4)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
Intermediate Level (Overall max: 3)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
Experienced Level (Overall max: 3)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
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Speaker Night 2022-03-09: “Panoramic Photography: Methods and Examples in Virginia and the Nation” – Ben Greenberg
Thursday, 9 Febuary 2023, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting
Ben will discuss “Panoramic Photography: Methods and Examples in Virginia and the Nation”
Ben Greenberg is a lifelong resident of Virginia who moved to Charlottesville for the third time in 2002. He grew up in Richmond and lived most of his adult life there. His passion for photography began in 1970 when his oldest son was born and he was lent a totally manual Kodak Retina C Camera to photograph. From this beginning his fascination with and commitment to photography grew quickly and it wasn’t long before he began capturing images of his family and the world around him
He has now photographed scenic vistas in Virginia, the mid-Atlantic area and many locations in the United States for forty years, the last thirty-five as a freelance professional photographer. His carefully crafted landscape photographs have won local and national awards and competitions and have been exhibited in numerous individual and group shows. They have been featured in diverse publications and purchased for scores of private collections.
Ben’s images are currently represented in three galleries and two other shops in Virginia. Ben also enjoys exhibiting his landscape photographs in selective outdoor arts and crafts shows, such as the Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival in Crozet, Virginia in the Spring and Fall and Arts in the Park in Richmond in the Spring. His primary subjects are the scenic vistas of mountains, landscapes, rivers, lakes and shorelines of Virginia and the nation.
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Competition Night 2022-02-23: Theme – “Vintage”; Judge – Janet Little
When: Thursday, February 23, 2023, 7 PM – 9 PM
Where: Zoom meeting
Submission details shown below.
Theme: Vintage
Theme Description: Image conveying a sense of the past (i.e. alternate film types/different eras/etc.).
Judge: Janet Little
Submission details:
- Entries due 11:59 PM ET, Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- This is a digital-only competition.
- Read the updated rules before submitting!
- You must be a paid member in order to submit images for competition. (Join here.)
- Click here for how to submit images.
- Click here for information on metadata.
Novice Level (Overall max: 4)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
Intermediate Level (Overall max: 3)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
Experienced Level (Overall max: 3)
Submit color entries (max 2)
Submit monochrome entries (max 2)
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Speaker Night 2022-02-09: “A Passion for Wildlife Photography” – Irene Hinke-Sacilotto
Thursday, 9 Febuary 2023, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting
Irene will discuss “A Passion for Wildlife Photography”.
Since 1979, Irene has led numerous tours under the auspices of Osprey Photo Workshops and Tours, and has conducted many photographic workshops for zoos, nature centers, and organizations like the National Wildlife Federation and the Assateague Island Alliance. She regularly lectures at Johns Hopkins University and conducts seminars for other educational institutions, retirement communities, and bird and photo clubs including the New England Council of Camera Clubs. Workshops and classes cover nature, wildlife, garden, and travel photography plus programs on locations such as the Brazilian Pantanal, Iceland, and Chincoteague. Irene’s “How To” articles have appeared in many national publications.
Her photography has appeared in numerous magazines as well as many books, calendars, note cards, and posters for national campaigns.
Irene’s degrees in biology and chemistry, and her strong background in the environmental science field, add to her already impressive credentials.
Irene has contributed more than 70 images to Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge’s new Herbert H. Bateman Administrative and Education Center and other interpretive displays. Many images displayed in the exhibit appear in Irene’s book “Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, An Ecological Treasure”.
In the past 30 years, Irene has led over 200 programs in more than 80 locations in the United States and abroad. When developing workshops and tours, she researches locations thoroughly, creating itineraries that provide participants with optimal photo opportunities.
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Peer Critique – 2023-02-02; Theme – Open; Facilitator – John Tabor
When: Thursday, February 02, 2022, 7 PM – 9 PM
Where: Zoom meeting
Submission details shown below.
LPC’s facilitator for this evening is John Tabor.
Topic: Open
The goal of this event is to improve everybody’s photography with constructive feedback in a friendly, non-competitive environment. Upload up to two of your images to this dedicated gallery by 12pm, Thursday, 02 Feb, then join us Thursday evening at 7p for review of and comments on images.
This is not a competition and paid membership is not required for this event. This is an opportunity to ask questions on composition, editing, and other perspectives about your images – and to offer your opinions on other images. Images are treated anonymously by the facilitator, though you may certainly speak up with any specific questions or desired feedback about your images from the other participants.
John will be using Lightroom for this event and you’ll see live edits based on audience feedback during the event.
The following 12 guidelines are common considerations by judges. Not all of these will be covered for each image in this critique and they are listed here so you have an idea of what questions to ask about your own images – and to prompt some ideas for your own feedback on the various images presented.
- Impact is the sense one gets upon viewing an image for the first time. Compelling images evoke laughter, sadness, anger, pride, wonder or another intense emotion. There can be impact in any of these twelve elements.
- Technical excellence is the print quality of the image itself as it is presented for viewing. Retouching, manipulation, sharpness, exposure, printing, mounting, and correct color are some items that speak to the qualities of the physical print.
- Creativity is the original, fresh, and external expression of the imagination of the maker by using the medium to convey an idea, message or thought.
- Style is defined in a number of ways as it applies to a creative image. It might be defined by a specific genre or simply be recognizable as the characteristics of how a specific artist applies light to a subject. It can impact an image in a positive manner when the subject matter and the style are appropriate for each other, or it can have a negative effect when they are at odds.
- Composition is important to the design of an image, bringing all of the visual elements together in concert to express the purpose of the image. Proper composition holds the viewer in the image and prompts the viewer to look where the creator intends. Effective composition can be pleasing or disturbing, depending on the intent of the image maker.
- Presentation affects an image by giving it a finished look. The mats and borders used, either physical or digital, should support and enhance the image, not distract from it.
- Color Balance supplies harmony to an image. An image in which the tones work together, effectively supporting the image, can enhance its emotional appeal. Color balance is not always harmonious and can be used to evoke diverse feelings for effect.
- Center of Interest is the point or points on the image where the maker wants the viewer to stop as they view the image. There can be primary and secondary centers of interest. Occasionally there will be no specific center of interest, when the entire scene collectively serves as the center of interest.
- Lighting —the use and control of light—refers to how dimension, shape and roundness are defined in an image. Whether the light applied to an image is manmade or natural, proper use of it should enhance an image.
- Subject Matter should always be appropriate to the story being told in an image.
- Technique is the approach used to create the image. Printing, lighting, posing, capture, presentation media, and more are part of the technique applied to an image.
- Story Telling refers to the image’s ability to evoke imagination. One beautiful thing about art is that each viewer might collect his own message or read her own story in an image.
